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Audit & Compliance Readiness

SOC 2, SOX ITGC and ISO 27001 readiness that survives the auditor.

Control design, testing, and evidence that holds up under external audit — so findings are closed before fieldwork instead of discovered during it.

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Who this is for

Teams facing a first audit, a failed one, or a scope change.

Three situations bring organizations to us. A customer or investor has asked for a SOC 2 Type 2 report and there is no control environment to point at yet. A first-year SOX company needs IT general controls designed, documented, and tested before the external auditor arrives. Or an ISO/IEC 27001 certification is up for surveillance and the internal audit function has fallen behind. In each case the underlying need is the same: controls that are actually operating, and evidence that proves it without a scramble.

What you get

The audit file, built before the audit.

  • Readiness assessment — a control-by-control review against the SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, the COSO-aligned ITGC domains (access, change, operations, program development), or ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A, with each control rated designed / operating / not in place.
  • Control design and narratives — right-sized controls with owners, frequency, and precision defined; process narratives and risk-control matrices auditors recognize on sight.
  • Test of design and operating effectiveness — sample-based testing using the same methodology the external auditor will apply, so exceptions surface with you first.
  • Evidence library and PBC management — a request list mapped to controls, an evidence repository organized by period, and a coordination cadence for the audit itself.
  • Remediation and finding closure — root-cause analysis for every exception, a corrective action plan, and re-testing to confirm closure.
How we work

We audit you before the auditor does.

1

Scope and criteria

Which systems, which criteria, which period. Getting the system description and boundary right avoids the most common SOC 2 qualification: controls described that were never tested.

2

Design, then evidence

Every control gets an owner, a frequency, and a named artifact. If the artifact cannot be produced on demand, the control is redesigned until it can.

3

Test and remediate

We pull samples, test, and document exceptions the way the auditor will. Findings become a board-ready remediation roadmap with dates and owners.

Audit FAQ

Common questions.

SOC 2 Type 1 or Type 2 — which should we pursue first?
A Type 1 attests to control design at a point in time and can be delivered quickly once controls exist; a Type 2 attests to operating effectiveness over a period (typically 3–12 months) and is what enterprise buyers usually require. Many organizations do a Type 1 to satisfy an immediate sales need while the Type 2 observation window runs.
Do you perform the audit itself?
No. SOC 2 reports are issued by licensed CPA firms and ISO certificates by accredited certification bodies. We prepare you, act as your internal audit function or readiness partner, and coordinate with the external auditor so independence is preserved.
Can you work inside our GRC platform?
Yes. We have hands-on experience in Optro (formerly AuditBoard), ServiceNow GRC, and RSA Archer, and we are comfortable working from a well-structured spreadsheet and SharePoint library when that is what you have.

Walk in prepared. Walk out with findings that hold up.

Tell us which audit is coming and when. We will tell you what it takes to be ready.

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